she makes her sugar water strong, I do 4 to 1. What about the rest of you?

  OK

 Is there a nest box out there? If not can one be put out there? (with a little welcome mat and a gift basket that says welcome to the neighborhood)  


proof reading is usually better done before you hit the post button duh

Starlings around here do migrate in flocks. We have flocks of mixed black birds, which include Red winged black birds, Grackles, Starlings, and Brewers (I think don't have my bird book handy) blackbirds. Every spring and fall they gather in mass and then take off. It is really cool its like a river of black birds. I have watched the "river" go by for over half an hour before. That is a heck of a lot of dark birds. I missed them this year they just seemed to be gone. I was probably at work boo hiss

She is gorgeous.

Depends where you go down there but I would think there would be some.

  and there is not much we can do about it either.

We have some here in Ohio but they usually leave with Red Winged Black Birds who are all ready gone for the winter. Uh Oh does that mean that we once again are going to have an early winter? Yikes not another one. I still haven't recovered from the last one. 

I don't bummer. 

It's not just you, a lot of people miss whats close to home. 

Love the colors in those clouds

the bit about the squirrel made me laugh.

wow learn something new every day. I did not know that either. 

  boo hiss

if they clipped there wings that just isn't right.

  woo hoo good for the chimps and next they will learn to change the bait for Snickers bars and then watch out